Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Precisely because of its influence, the RSV is now a target of Protestant feminists and other critics who want to purge it of the male chauvinism that they find running all through its pages. Says the Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers, a United Methodist mission official: "People are becoming increasingly sensitive...
One reason for the initial chill was history. He was, after all, touring the homeland of the Protestant Reformation. The West German population is about equally divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics, and includes more than a third of the world's 70 million Lutherans. But a good deal...
The victorious Republicans received a lot of unsolicited help from the various right-wing organizations that have sprung up to combat liberalism, like the National Conservative Political Action Committee. But it is questionable how much these groups accomplished. For the most part, the G.O.P. candidates rejected their strident tactics, fearing...
Since Ronald Reagan is the favorite of Falwell and Co., this looks like an election-eve attempt to stir a religious backlash against Reagan. But Lear, a contributor to John Anderson's campaign, denies partisan intent. PAW involves a wide assortment of public figures both secular and spiritual (among...
Many moderate Evangelicals are against Falwell too, but on different grounds. They resent the New Right's claim to speak for 45 million believers, especially on issues without specific biblical underpinnings, such as the Panama Canal or SALT II . They also think the suggestion that anyone who disagrees is...